right-handed

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Using the right hand more skillfully or easily than the left.

adj. Sports Swinging from the right to the left: a right-handed batter.

adj. Done with the right hand.

adj. Intended for wear on or use by the right hand: a right-handed pair of scissors.

adj. Turning or spiraling from left to right; clockwise.

adj. Rotating clockwise; dextrorotatory.

adv. With the right hand.

adv. Sports From right to left: swings right-handed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.

adj. Intended to be worn on, or used by the right hand.

adj. Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.

adj. Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

adj. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.

adj. Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Using the right hand more easily and readily than the left. See dexterous.

Turning so as to pass from above or in front to the right hand; clockwise: thus, an ordinary screw is driven in by a right-handed rotation; specifically, in conchology, dextral, as the spiral shell of a univalve (see cut under purpura).

In botany, of twining plants or circumnutating parts, properly, rising or advancing in the direction of a right-handed screw or spiral, or that of the hands of a watch.

Laid from left to right, as the strands of a rope.

Executed by the right hand.

On the right side; of a favorable, convenient, or easily pardoned character.

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Examples

The media dubbed the right-handed pitcher a "lean, mean, triple-digit-fastball-throwing machine," and the Nationals were aggressive in their effort to sign him.

In the match, he appeared to rewrite the rules of what was possible at the crease by essentially premeditating every shot, switching between left- and right-handed at will and just whacking it wherever he fancied.

Despite his stunning performance out of the bullpen, especially against right-handed hitters — who went 4-for-47 with 21 strikeouts facing Feliz — the 21-year-old Dominican prefers the routine he can establish as a starter.

Research by baseball analyst Tom Tango has shown that future performance can be best predicted by looking at a player's overall performance, rather than just his line against left-handed or right-handed pitchers.

In fact, his walk rate was actually higher against left-handed pitchers than against right-handed pitchers last year, and his disciplined eye at the plate allowed him to get on base in 37.3% of his plate appearances with a lefty on the mound.